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TV tonight: Davina McCall’s ‘middle-aged Love Island’ is here

But there’s much more to it than you’d expect. Plus: the truth about ballet schools, and Starstruck concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

El Conde to Captain Phillips: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Feted Chilean director Pablo Larraín re-imagines Pinochet as a vampire in a witty new comedy, and Tom Hanks stars in a wonderfully tense pirate thriller

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

Diva review – high-octane glamour at one remove

From Mae West’s white satin to Tina Turner’s showstopping flame dress and Elton John’s Louis XIV look, the definition of diva is taken to the limit in a show where tragedy lurks among the glitter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Pssst! Wanna buy an Oscar? The mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards

An Oscar can only, officially, be sold for $1 – but that hasn’t stopped a small but lucrative black market. Where are all those that have disappeared?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023

Where the Oscars gets its beloved nickname from: ‘I wanted to make the gold statuette human’

One theory suggests Bette Davis and her husband’s bottom might have something to do with the affable nickname but the origin story remains up for grabs. Annabel Nugent looks at the potential backstories behind who exactly christened the golden statuette

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023

‘I wanted to make the gold statuette human’: Where the Oscars gets its beloved nickname from

One theory suggests Bette Davis and her husband’s bottom might have something to do with the affable nickname but the origin story remains up for grabs. Annabel Nugent looks at the potential backstories behind who exactly christened the golden statuette

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

‘She had to hide’: the secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar

Merle Oberon, a pick for best actress in 1936, was born in Bombay and spent her career passing for white

The Guardian - US · Mar 7, 2023

Meet the Nottingham woman who looks like she's walked straight out of the 1940s

'I feel nostalgic for an era I have never even lived in'

Nottingham Post · Feb 19, 2023

Toadzilla to join other giant cane toads at Queensland Museum

Giant amphibian "Toadzilla" will join others like "Yuk" and "Bette Davis" at the Queensland Museum — but it may be a few months before the frozen specimen is ready for visitors.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2023

‘Just too frightening’ – the most terrifying art, from horror films to haunted ruins and sinister songs

A bear-infested casino, a horse-drawn hearse, a humanoid stalker and the ghost of Mr Pipes who was eaten by his cats … in a Halloween special, Guardian critics pick their scariest ever work

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022